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There's grey skies above Central Quay this morning but it'll take more than a dreich start to the day to get in the way of the Daily Record news room bringing you your daily dose of vertical news. We've the biggest stories from all around the country today, including news that the mother of tragic tot Mikaeel Kular will face a court today charged with beating the little boy to death over four days. In sport, Rangers admit they got their sums wrong when failing to disclose Brian Stockbridge's penny share bonus, as well as a World Cup semi-final special in Record Sport looking ahead to tonight's clash of the titans between Brazil and Germany. Stick with us from now until 10:00am, and let the news come to you for a change.

6:42 am

Pat Roller

Good morning one and all and welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Record's Breakfast Blog.

The big news today is that the mother of the tragic three-year-old Mikaeel Kular, who disappeared from his home in January, is to appear in cort today charged with beating the little boy to death over a four-day period. Around the time of his disappearance, she appeared on the front page of the Daily Record with the headline 'Find my boy', but six months on, she stands accused of his murder.

We'll have more on that story later on, as well as all the top news, sport and entertainment stories from around the country. Look at it this way: the more we talk about the news, the less we need to mention the weather..

Stick with us - this morning's headlines are on the way.

6:49 am

Daily Record/Garry F McHarg

Riding high in the charts with almost 50K shares is the story about Abdull Oun. The brave 27-year-old was running in Kelvingrove Park when he heard a woman's screams and sprinted to the scene before knocking out the beast with a flying kick.

The Daily Record tracked down Abdull after his victim, who does not wish to be identified, got in touch with us. She said: “He is a hero, a gentleman and my saviour.

“It’s like he woke me up from a very bad dream. I just wanted to send out a big thank you for his heroism and hope there are more people like him in this world.”

We need more people like Abdull. If you haven't already, think about sharing the story - sometimes I think we shy away from taking action because we don't want to be singled out. If its publicised that people are not afraid to intervene and do the right thing, then the world becomes a little bit safer every day.

"Someone who was there must have seen who threw the bottle. Do the decent thing and report them. How would you have felt if it was your little sister? The person who done it deserves all they get, and more."

Can you help?

7:04 am

Pat Roller

In fact, we held a poll in which we asked: Should Orange marches be banned in Scotland? After the trouble at Orange walks in Glasgow and Blantyre on Saturday which saw a 12-year-old girl struck by a flying bottle and a total of 28 arrests we ask if it is time to get rid of these marches from Scotland once and for all.

It doesn't get any closer than this.

7:10 am

We've all done it.. suddenly realised that we're sat next to a celebrity, lose the ability to speak or even control your body in any such way that can be determined as human.

North Korea say they will send cheerleaders to South Korea for the first time in nearly a decade to back athletes at the Asian Games at Incheon in September.

7:23 am

It might not be the sunny start to the day we've coe to expect from the last few weeks. However it turns out, it's already a better summer than last year. It might even be a welcome cool down for us so when the sun rolls back around from behind the clouds it'll feel all the warmer. Here's today's outlook courtesy of the MET Office.

Strathclyde

A mainly dry start with sunny spells, although cloudier across the Isles with the odd shower. A few showers breaking out later this morning and this afternoon, these mainly across Argyll. Maximum Temperature 19 °C.

Lothian and Borders

Some brightness across Galloway this morning otherwise rather cloudy with outbreaks of rain, this perhaps persistent and heavy for a while across the Borders and Lothians. Brighter this afternoon with scattered showers, these mainly over the hills. Maximum Temperature 20 °C.

Central, Tayside and Fife

Mostly cloudy this morning with a few showers extending from the southeast through the morning, these turning heavy in places across Fife and Stirling. Somewhat brighter this afternoon but still some scattered heavy showers. Maximum Temperature 18 °C.

Highlands

A cloudy start across the Herbrides with some rain, this dying out through the morning. Elsewhere some sunny periods with a few well scattered showers, some of these heavy and slow moving by afternoon. Some parts staying dry. Light winds. Maximum Temperature 20 °C.

The first charge against Kular states she assaulted her son between January 12 and 15 at their flat. It states that she inflicted blunt force injuries by repeatedly seizing hold of him, punching him on the head and body and by causing his body to strike against a hard object. A second charge alleges she took steps to conceal her crime in a bid to defeat the ends of justice.

The club revealed that accounts drawn up by controversial former club secretary Brian Stockbridge did not disclose a huge windfall was coming his way. The Record last week revealed that Stockbridge had snapped up around £215,000 worth of shares for just £7000 – paying the diluted price of a penny per share – as part of a “golden handshake” deal when he was booted out of Ibrox.

..and in Record Woman, Laura Whittle tells us about her recipe for Commonwealth Games gold. Bran flakes? Lots of water? Isotonic drinks? Eh.. no, not exactly. Scotland's hopeful runner packs in a healthy amount of Tunnocks caramel wafers and a swirl or two of vino. A well-fitted bra probably has something to do with it too, she says.

7:50 am

The Glasgow Science Centre Tower, which has been shut since September 2010, will reopen on July 19 after a £1.8million refurbishment to rectify "long-standing issues" - mainy that it had issues standing for long without leaning over. Pisa got in there first folks..

The club statement said: “The directors note that Note 30 to the accounts for the 13-month period ended 30 June 2013 was incorrect to the extent that the options to which the share announcement on 1 July 2014 relate were not included.”

The Dons boss, whose side have already returned to action in the Europa League qualifiers, told the club's official website: "I'm delighted to have secured the signature of David. He's a striker who has a real capability and it's up to us as a staff and him as a player to get the very best from him.

..and ahead of tonight's first World Cup semi-final, FIFA have come out and said that they'll take no action against Columbian defender Juan Zuniga after he kneed Neymar in the back, ending the Brazilian's World Cup dream.

8:00 am

Assault charges against world champion boxer Amir Khan, 27, have been withdrawn. He was arrested after an incident in Bolton last Friday.

8:06 am

Pat Roller

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After 39 long days of frank exchanges in court and 30 days of psychological tests, the Oscar Pistorius trial over the death of the athlete's girlfriend, Reeva Steencamp, is drawing to a close. PIstorius' lawyer, Barry Roux says he has completed the case for the defence but he is checking with his team.

The heartbroken family of binman Darren Gilpin were yesterady mourning after his body was discovered in Loch Tay after his canoe capsized on Saturday. The 29-year-old’s aunt, Janet Lawrence, paid a moving tribute to him, calling him her “beautiful nephew” and “other son”.

After an extensive police search near the town of Killin in Perthshire, officers officially confirmed his identity yesterday.

Darren was on a camping trip with friends and family when tragedy struck. Another man who was in the canoe with him made it to shore and raised the alarm.

Now this is an army that a European city can be proud of. AT-ATs, TIE fighters and Imperial shuttles piloted by stormtroopers. What's not to like. The creator of this video has a bit of a joke, saying he filmed the footage on a trip to Germany - clearly he has kids and is trying to keep the magic alive.

Either way, he's done a really good job with the animating. The title of the article does ask "Is it fake?" - but seeing as the story is traditionally set in a Galaxy far, far away.. one can only assume Luke, Leia and Han have better things to do than stop for Bratwurst.

8:28 am

More than 60 women and girls kidnapped by Muslim fanatics Boko Haram in Nigeria have escaped. They are not from the group of 200 seized in April.

8:29 am

At least 4 NATO Troops & 12 others have been killed in an apparent suicide bombing in Afghanistan.

The new procedure inolves a small injection of an antibody called MabThera (a.k.a. Rituximab), which now takes less than 15 minutes to administer subcutaneously. The drug belongs to a family of biologic treatments currently given to suppress other auto-immune diseases like arthritis.

At the moment, patients suffer a gruelling, almost four-hour procedure to inject the antibody slowly into the bloodstream.

Now, the Scottish ­Medicines Consortium have approved the faster method, which could save the NHS in Scotland more than £500,000 a year. It is ­available for patients with blood cancer non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.